2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Landscape Architecture is the 224th most popular major in the country with 997 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,411 and had an average of $27,759 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 182 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,775 and $21,874 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscape architecture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the landscape architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree landscape students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Landscape Architecture in the Far Western US Region

#1

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,377 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Landscape Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #1 spot on the list. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a public institution located in Pomona, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly Pomona, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona are $18,377, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Landscape Architecture Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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